Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% LGA1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 436 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E207) 3GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.12.1.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 40.1 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 49.8 33% 39.5 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 35.9 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$54 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 75 94 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 93.2 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 85.5 63% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 58%
General UDisk 16GB 4,718 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 6 7.3 7.4 6.2 7.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	4.4% Terrible	Read 8.2 Write 1.5 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 6.5 6% 4.93 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.4% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6BFR8C-H9 Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F HMT325U6BFR8C-H9 Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 8GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 52%

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	21x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples	16x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	14x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $438

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16